Car-fender.



H. N. ROTH.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1914.

1,128,189. Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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H. N. ROTH. GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15.1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHI'WTTHN n c o are HENRY N. 30TH, or NEW roan, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed September 15, 1914. Serial No. 861,891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-TENRY N. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in car fenders and has for its primary object to provide a simple, inexpensive and reliable device that is designed to be attached to street cars and will when in operative position engage and move along the rails of a track so that persons are prevented from being run over or caught under the car.

Another object is to provide a fender of the character described that may be readily lifted into out of the way position when not in use and which is of simple construction and capable of being readily attached to a car.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify car fenders so as to render them more practical, reliable and efiicient in operation, easy to operate and inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

With reference to the drawings, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, as it is reduced to practice, in the several views, of which similar reference numerals designate correspondingparts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in use, Fig. 2 represents a front elevation showing a portion of a car and the device attached thereto, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view showing the main elements of the fender in top plan, Fig. 4; is a detail side elevation of a tubular member to receive the adjusting means, being partly broken away, and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates as an entirety the frame of a street car, B the wheels of the car and C rails upon which the wheels B are mounted.

My improved fender comprises a rectangular basket or skeleton frame 1, that comprises a number of crossed metallic straps 2 that are interwoven, and side portions 3 at the ends of the frame. This basket or frame 1 is suspended from the lower part of the car frame A by means of suitable vertical supporting arms 1 and 5 that are secured to the frame or basket and to the frame A by suitable fastening elements and braced by diagonal brace bars 6 that extend upwardly and rearwardly and are connected with the arms 5 and frame A. Reinforcing or supporting chains 7 are secured at-their ends to the side portions 3 of the frame and to the car frame A at points where the upper ends of the arms 5 are secured. This basket 1 has the sides 3. disposed upwardly at right angles to the body portion thereof and a back similar to the side 3 is provided for the basket.

Hinged as at 8 to the forward edge of the basket 1 is a rectangular fender designated 9 as an entirety that comprises a rectangular and preferably metallic plate 10that is designed to be supported in a forwardly and downwardly inclined plane relative to the basket 1. The forward edge of the plate 10 which forms the fender 9 at a point intermediate the ends of the plate is offset and at the ends of said offset portion are formed ears 11 which ears receive a shaft12. Mounted on the ends of the shaft 12 are rollers or track engaging wheels 13 which are designed to engage within the grooves of the rails and support the fender 1O sufficiently spaced therefrom to enable free movementof the car to which the fender is attached.

The fender 9 is of much greater width than that of the track and as will be clearly seen projects upon either side of the track approximately the same distance as does the car to whichthe fender is attached.

Mounted upon the under face of the car platform A at the forward end thereof is a U-shaped chain receiving tube 14 that communicates centrally of the ends of the body portion thereof with a vertical slightly enlarged tubular member, 15. This U-shaped chain receiving tube 14 is inverted and has its free end disposed at points on opposite sides of the car adjacent to the forward end thereof. Secured to suitable eyes 16 formed on the forward edge of the fender plate 10 are chains 17 and 18 that are inserted through the side arm portions of the inverted U-shaped tube 1e and are extended from the body portion of the tube 14 into the tube 15.

Secured upon the upper end of each chain 17 and 18 is a flanged disk like plate 19 that has formed thereon an elongated ring handle 20. The tube 15 is provided with a longitudinal slot 21 of sufficient size to receive both chains 17 and 18 on one side thereof and which opens at the upper end of said tube.

When the fender 9 is in down or operative position, the two chains are positioned within the slot 21 in the member 15 with the plate 20 bridging the slot at the lower end thereof or arranged so that the chain will not fall through the tube 15 and downwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. To move the fender 9 into up or out of the way position, the handle 20 is grasped and the plate 19 pulled upwardly until the flange thereof rests upon the upper edge of the tube, as clearly shown in Fig. l. lhis tube 15 is disposed at a point on the platform of the car that is adjacent to the controlling mechanism and is readily accessible to the motorman.

l Vith my improved fender it will be readily seen that persons will be prevented from being injured by being run over by a street car. The fender 9 is supported relative to the rails in such a manner and with such ease that injury to the person struck by the car is less to a great extent as the person has a tendency to roll upon the inclined plate 10 and into the basket 1. The plate 10 instead of having the tendency to push an object struck will act to force the object upon itself and from thence to the basket 1.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most eiiicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

What is claimed is 1. A street car fender comprising a basket to'be supported beneath a car, a fender hinged to the basket and arranged to extend downwardly and forwardly therefrom, rollers carried by the forward edge of the fender and arranged to engage upon the rails of a track, a tubular member having a longitudinal slot therein carried upon the platform of a car, chains connected to the forward edge of the fender and extended upwardly through the tubular member and arranged to extend into the slot thereof and a plate secured to the upper ends of the chains and of larger diameter than the width of the slot of the tubular member.

2. A street car fender consisting of a basket supported beneath the car, a fender hinged to the basket on the forward edge thereof and consisting of a rectangular metallic plate, rollers carried by said plate and arranged to engage rails of a track, a tubular member mounted upon the platform of a car, flexible elements secured to the fender and extending upwardly through the tubular member, and a plate secured to the free end of the flexible elements and arranged to engage upon the upper edge of the tubular member, said tubular member having a longitudinal slot formed therein and opening at the upper edge thereof and said slot being arranged to receive the flexible elements.

3. n street car fender consisting of a basket supportedbeneath the car,afender hinged to the basket on the forward edge thereof and consisting of a rectangular metallic plate, rollers carried by said plate and arranged to engage the rails of a track, a tubular member mounted upon the platform of a car, flexible elements secured to the fender and extending upwardly through the tubular member, a plate secured to the free end of the flexible elements and arranged to engage upon the upper edge of the tubular member, said tubular member having a longitudinal slot formed therein and opening at the upper edge thereof, said slot being arranged to receive the flexible elements, and a U-shaped flexible element receiving member secured in communication with said first tubular member and receiving said flexible element.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY N. ROTH.

Witnesses FREDERICK Sonmnnxnnox, ROM SoI-INITZE.

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